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Making Gay History @makinggayhistory.bsky.social · 15h

3️⃣Repeal all anti-lesbian/gay laws

4️⃣ End discrimination in lesbian-mother and gay-father custody cases

5️⃣ Protect lesbian and gay youth from any laws which are used to discriminate, oppress, and/or harass them in their homes, schools, jobs, and social environments. 3/3

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Making Gay History @makinggayhistory.bsky.social · 15h

1️⃣ Pass a comprehensive lesbian/gay rights bill in Congress

2️⃣ Issue a presidential executive order banning discrimination based on sexual orientation in the federal government, the military, and federally contracted private employment 2/3

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Making Gay History @makinggayhistory.bsky.social · 15h

The March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights stepped off #OnThisDate 1979. An estimated 100,000 people from around the country had streamed into the nation’s capital, all united to advance five primary demands... 1/3

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Making Gay History @makinggayhistory.bsky.social · 1d

Will YOU be NYC’s Gay Baking Champion? 🧁 🏳️‍🌈Watch NYC’S best amateur bakers vie for the grand prize, showcasing delicious baked goods celebrating key chapters and icons of LGBTQ+ history.

Stay for a live “Making Gay History” mini-podcast interview w/ an LGBTQ+ icon!

👉 lifejackettheatre.org/mghlive

Poster for Making Gay History's 2025 Baking Championship

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Making Gay History @makinggayhistory.bsky.social · 1d

Will YOU be NYC’s Gay Baking Champion? 🧁 🏳️‍🌈Watch NYC’S best amateur bakers vie for the grand prize, showcasing delicious baked goods celebrating key chapters and icons of LGBTQ+ history.

Stay for a live “Making Gay History” mini-podcast interview w/ an LGBTQ+ icon!

👉 lifejackettheatre.org/mghlive

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Making Gay History @makinggayhistory.bsky.social · 1d

📸☝️ Courtesy of Greg Brock: 1️⃣ Oprah Winfrey and Greg Brock, Chicago, Illinois, October 11, 1988 2️⃣ Greg Brock in San Francisco, CA, 1988

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Making Gay History @makinggayhistory.bsky.social · 1d

When organizers of the inaugural National #ComingOut Day in 1988 asked Greg Brock to participate in a live taping of "The Oprah Winfrey Show," he saw no need.

At the time, Greg was the highest level openly gay person working at a mainstream newspaper anywhere in the US.

🔊 bit.ly/mgh-brock

Oprah Winfrey and Greg Brock, Chicago, Illinois, October 11, 1988

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Making Gay History @makinggayhistory.bsky.social · 5d

#ICYMI: Thanks to the Museum of Jewish Heritage for hosting Eric's presentation of “Making Gay History: The Nazi Era."

Together, we listened and made space for the voices of those who lived through this painful, often hidden history.

Listen to the season: makinggayhistory.org/season-fourt...

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Making Gay History @makinggayhistory.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks to the sold-out audience who came out to watch THE QUEEN for Movie Night, and for participating in our live mini-podcast recording of #MakingGayHistory. 🎤👠💋👑 ⁠
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🎟️ Three more events are scheduled for this season! #MakingGayHistoryLive 👇

linktr.ee/makinggayhistorypodcast

📷 Loris Guzzetta

Making Gay History event to watch The Queen, Photo credit: Loris Guzzetta

Eric speaks at the Making Gay History event to watch The Queen, Photo credit: Loris Guzzetta

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Making Gay History @makinggayhistory.bsky.social · 6d

“It's really hard not to have dysphoria about being trans if you're living in a society that tells you every day that being trans is wrong.” —Dr. Laura Erickson-Schroth

Listen to all of "DISMANTLING A DIAGNOSIS" now. 👇

🔉 makinggayhistory.org/season-thirt...

Making Gay History @makinggayhistory.bsky.social · 7d

Fifty-one years after homosexuality’s removal from the American Psychiatric Association’s list of mental disorders—a major gay rights victory—mental health literature continues to pathologize trans people.

🔊 bit.ly/mgh-out-of-t...

January 1974 issue of the Chicago Gay Crusader announcing the American Psychiatric Association’s December 1973 decision to remove homosexuality from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

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Making Gay History @makinggayhistory.bsky.social · 12d

Kick off #LGBTQHistoryMonth by going back to the very beginning, where #MakingGayHistory began nearly eight years ago. And stay tuned all month long for clips from our archive of interviews with LGBTQ trailblazers!

🔉 makinggayhistory.org/season-one/

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Making Gay History @makinggayhistory.bsky.social · 7d

📸☝️ January 1974 issue of the Chicago Gay Crusader announcing the American Psychiatric Association’s December 1973 decision to remove homosexuality from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

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Making Gay History @makinggayhistory.bsky.social · 7d

Fifty-one years after homosexuality’s removal from the American Psychiatric Association’s list of mental disorders—a major gay rights victory—mental health literature continues to pathologize trans people.

🔊 bit.ly/mgh-out-of-t...

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Making Gay History @makinggayhistory.bsky.social · 11d

An early example of LGBTQ+ students looking to create their own spaces came in an ad placed by Henry Wiemhoff #OTD 1969: "2 Gay Students Wanted to Share 5 Rm Unfrn. Apt."

🔊 bit.ly/mgh-mattachi...

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Making Gay History @makinggayhistory.bsky.social · 12d

Kick off #LGBTQHistoryMonth by going back to the very beginning, where #MakingGayHistory began nearly eight years ago. And stay tuned all month long for clips from our archive of interviews with LGBTQ trailblazers!

🔉 makinggayhistory.org/season-one/

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Making Gay History @makinggayhistory.bsky.social · 12d

THIS SUNDAY, Eric's presenting “Making Gay History: The Nazi Era” as a featured speaker at the Museum of Jewish Heritage.

RSVP (in-person/online) to learn more about (pictured) Margot Heuman, Josef Kohout, Liddy Bacroff, Fredy Hirsch, and others.

RSVP: bit.ly/mjh-nazi-era

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Making Gay History @makinggayhistory.bsky.social · 27d

MARK YOUR CALENDAR! Join Making Gay History this fall for 4 exclusive in-person behind-the-scenes experiences, co-produced with Life Jacket Theatre Company.

Tickets: lifejackettheatre.org/mghlive

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Making Gay History @makinggayhistory.bsky.social · 27d

MARK YOUR CALENDAR! Join Making Gay History this fall for 4 exclusive in-person behind-the-scenes experiences, co-produced with Life Jacket Theatre Company.

Tickets: lifejackettheatre.org/mghlive

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Making Gay History @makinggayhistory.bsky.social · Sep 10

Eric is immensely proud to be presenting “Making Gay History: The Nazi Era,” as a featured speaker at the Museum of Jewish Heritage on October 5.

RSVP (in-person or online): bit.ly/mjh-nazi-era

Making Gay History: The Nazi Era

Eric Marcus, founder and host of the award-winning Making Gay History podcast provides an introduction to MGH’s current 12-episode series on the experiences of LGBTQ people during the rise of the Nazi...

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Making Gay History @makinggayhistory.bsky.social · Sep 10

Eric is immensely proud to be presenting “Making Gay History: The Nazi Era,” as a featured speaker at the Museum of Jewish Heritage on October 5.

RSVP (in-person or online): bit.ly/mjh-nazi-era

Making Gay History: The Nazi Era

Eric Marcus, founder and host of the award-winning Making Gay History podcast provides an introduction to MGH’s current 12-episode series on the experiences of LGBTQ people during the rise of the Nazi...

bit.ly

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Making Gay History @makinggayhistory.bsky.social · Sep 5

Greg, Peter or Bobby — who was YOUR favorite Brady Bunch boy?

Subscribe to our Patreon to support our work and access full talk w/ megahit Broadway producer Jeffrey Seller (Rent, Avenue Q, In the Heights, Hamilton) and many others.

patreon.com/makinggayhistory

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Making Gay History @makinggayhistory.bsky.social · Jul 15

On July 23, Eric will join Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education for "LGBTQ+ Experiences During the Nazi Era."

Learn more and RSVP for this Zoom program. www.ojmche.org/events/lgbtq...

LGBTQ+ Experiences During the Nazi Era

Making Gay History's Eric Marcus will share archival clips that bring this often hidden history to life through the voices of the people who lived it.

www.ojmche.org

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Mary Fisher @maryfisher.com · Jul 14

Such a privilege to have this conversation with @makinggayhistory.bsky.social. I share the story of how — and why — I spoke my truth of living with HIV back in '92. I hope it brings comfort to anyone who feels silenced.

Watch the interview via their Patreon at bit.ly/MGHMaryFisher

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Making Gay History @makinggayhistory.bsky.social · Jul 8

Marsha "Pay It No Mind" Johnson and Sylvia Rivera were ahead of their time when, in 1970, they came up with the idea for a safe haven for homeless queer youth who turned to dangerous street work to survive, as they did themselves.

🔊 bit.ly/mgh-fromthev...

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Bonanni Comma John @bananascallops.bsky.social · Jul 7

Hearing Eric Marcus' voice on NPR is a balm in Gilead @makinggayhistory.bsky.social

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